SANJIESAN CREATOR / Scene staging
Use three depth planes to stage a small action
Foreground, middle distance and background are useful labels only when they explain a particular scene. Try a small action in which a character reaches past a stall to another person. Make the overlap relationships explicit before adding signs, baskets and surface detail that might hide the exchange.
Block the action with broad shapes
Use a near edge of the stall, the two figures and a simple far wall as the first arrangement. Mark which hand and object must remain visible. In Krita, the documented layer order affects how elements cover one another; organise the study so you can inspect that order without hunting through unnamed pieces. The drawing’s physical distances still come from your composition and reference, not automatically from the names foreground and background.
Check the overlap that carries the event
Inspect where the near stall crosses the arm and where the carried object meets the receiving hand. A decorative shape can be moved more easily than a key part of the action, so question its position before contorting the figure. Try a simple silhouette version or temporarily reduce detail. If the exchange disappears, write which overlap caused it. Avoid solving every problem by adding a bright outline that changes the intended lighting throughout the scene.
Restore detail one area at a time
Add a small group of background objects and recheck the hands before continuing. Keep the most informative comparison image with the scene notes. An overlap study may reveal that a view needs to shift or that the action belongs in two panels; record that possibility rather than forcing everything into one crowded picture. Review the final-size version as well as the enlarged working view, because a narrow gap between objects may vanish in the actual presentation.